A terrorist attack at a bus depot in Kano, northern Nigeria’s largest city, killed at least 22 people—and as many as 60, according to some estimates—when a Volkswagen packed with explosives crashed into a crowded bus filled with passengers. Authorities said there were two other explosions in the motor park that consumed other buses, wiping [...]
Boko Haram Suspected of Killing 3 North Korea Doctors in Nigeria, Beheading One
February 11, 2013 | Posted by
Boko Haram, the Nigerian group that has been responsible for some of the more confounding terror attacks in recent memory, again shocked the world by killing three North Korean doctors in their home in northern Nigeria — slashing the throats of two of them and beheading a third. The gruesome murders in Potiskum come just days [...]
$6 Billion Lost Yearly To Crude Oil Theft In Nigeria, While Fiscal Crisis Looms
May 15, 2012 | Posted by
Lagos — Nigeria is on the verge of a major fiscal crisis following unabated massive theft of crude oil in the Niger Delta, THISDAY has learnt. While all attention has been focused on the activities of Boko Haram in Northern Nigeria, an unprecedented theft of crude oil is being perpetrated in the Niger Delta on [...]
